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Asalaamu alikum wa rag matullah hi wa barakatu ...
Itrust you all are well?
ALHUMDULIILAH... WOT A MONTH... i am feeling a bit nostalgic and sad ... but i live in the Hope that Allah swt.. has forgiven all our sins ... AMeen.
Wot a month.. the people ... the pancakes... and of course the poojies... i must admit ... i like the poojies... on the other hand i like pancakes as well.
:-)
THEBESTOFPEOPLE
I was listening to a lecture the other day.. and the learned Alim.. was talking about what made the Sahaaba ( companions of the prophet) the best of people... The learned Alim went on to say that they were the best of people becuase when they accepted ISLAM ... they excepted ALL of of ISLAM... and if you look at the Lives of the Sahaaba... they were living at a time when revelation was coming down piece by peice ... and their was no complete version of the Quraan in book format... and when certain events took place .... Allah Swt revealed verses to assist/ GUIDE the Prophet SAW in providing a solution to a situation in which the sahaba and/ or He(SAW) found themself in...
in effect literaly one minute something was allowed and the next it wasn't and as result of a certain occurence ... bang... Jibreel (AS) would decend with ayat and the Prophet SAW would relay it to the Sahaba... and immediately they would submit and surrender to the GUIDENCE of ALLAH SWT...
in a nut shell that is what made them the BEST of PEOPLE... they RESPONDED.
as a case in point the learned Sheigh spoke about when the Ayahs prohibiting the consumption of liquor were revealed... the people of medina were reporably at a ' party ' and some of them were in a state of drunkeness and when the ayaahs were revealed they immediatly spat the liquor out of thier mouths.. and starting destroying the stock... it was said that that evening in medina was overflowing with rivers of alcohol... ALLAH hu akbar... no sooner had they heard the commands of ALLAH swt did they put it into PRACTICE...they RESPONDED...
As ramadaan closes ... EID approaches... a celebration afforded to us by Allah swt... AFTER we have humbly submitted to Him in sincere observation of the FASTing month to reach a pinnacle of our spirituals selves... perhaps for the year...
HOWEVER I came accross an email the other day...
AND I must say that it firstly reminded me and secondly... it alerted me to a danger that our society faces... an issue which the more i think about the more i believe we have become desensitised toward ... becuase it so prevelant and widespread in our communitties that we have accepted it as the norm... thinking that it is allowed ...
As i read the very explicit pamphlet ... i was reminded that in ISLAM the touching of a non maharim member of the opposite sex is not allowed ... and is the stepping stone to ZINA ... and sin [ MAY ALLAH FORGIVE AND PROTECT US] ... which is prohibited.
IT HAS BECOME COMMON cause for members of the opposite gender to great each other with a handshake and even worse a peck on the lips/ cheeks. [MAY ALLAH SWT PROTECT US AND GRANT US UNDERSTANDING]
THE PAMPHLET GOES ON TO QUOTE THE AYAH which states which persons we are not allowed to marry and in so doing tells us the persons we are allowed to greet
" Forbidden to you (for marriage) are: your mothers, your daughters, your sisters, your father's sisters, your mother's sisters, your brother's daughters, your sister's daughters, your foster mothers who suckled you, your foster milk suckling sisters, your wives' mothers, your stepdaughters under your guardianship, born of your wives unto whom you have gone in -- but there is no sin on you if you have not gone in unto them (to marry their daughters), -- the wives of your sons who (spring) from your own loins, and two sisters in wedlock at the same time, except for what has already passed; verily, Allah is Oft- Forgiving, Most Merciful.) Surah 4, verse 23
a special note is made that your wifes sister is not a permanent maharim and thus no touching is allowed...
furthermore... the following hadith is also mentioned ... " It is better for an iron ROD to be driven into the head of a man, than for him to touch a woman who is not permissable for him" ... at- Tabarani, al Mu'jam al Kabir ( vol20, p. 211) graded as authentic
INTENSE ... I KNOW ... i shiver at the thought ... knowing what i now know ...
i am in no doubt that We all would love to be considered to be amongst the BEST OF PEOPLE... or to be in their company
We have been through 28 or so days of spritual awakening... we have gone hungry ... we have prayed more than ever ... and on time ...we have read quraan and we have stood in taraweeg... we may of been tired ...but thier we stood... Why? ...
becuase we wanted Allah SWt's MErcy and forgiveness...
RAMADAAN ... IS ALMOST GONE ... but its legacy has to be respected ... and we HOPE that ALLAH SWT has forgiven us ... as i read that pamphlet ... i told myself that here it is in black and white ... not from just any source.... but from the Quraan .
and i am left asking the question which burns the brightest
are we going to RESPOND?
I suggest we at the very least try.
Wa Aliakum Salaam.
i pray that ALLAH SWT GRANTS US ALL UNDERSTANDING AND GUIDANCE AND THE CONVICTION TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT... AMEEN.
THINK. PONDER. REFLECt.
PS: I KNOW THIS WAS a intense email ... but can we ignore it?
PS2: IF I HAVE offended any one or made and error .. i ask forgiveness ... and if i have said any thing that will benefit ...or is of benefit then It comes from ALLAH SWT and He is MOST MERCIFUL, MOST HIGH.
ps3:
Doctor OSMAN: Did you know that there are more than 1,000 bones in the human body?
muhgsin parker: Shhh, doctor! There are three dogs outside in the waiting room!
PSP:
Dispatcher: 9-1-1 What's the nature of your emergency?
Caller: My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart.
Dispatcher: Is this her first child?
Caller: No, you idiot! This is her husband!
PEACE . LOVE. RAMDAAN KAREEM
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